It looks like Mohan Bhagwat has broken the free fall of the BJP. The RSS parachute has opened just in time. Advani, who met Bhagwat today, is likely to step down. Rajnath Singh will also go.
There is speculation that the third man in the centre of the storm, Arun Jaitley, will take over as party President. If that happens, nothing will have changed. Remember the way he publicly sulked during the election campaign and went missing for about 10 days? Not only did that hurt the BJP but also showed him, its master strategist, in very poor light.
For the BJP to get out of this vortex of groupism and selfishness, it is vital that a visibly honest leader, not tainted by it in any manner, takes over the reigns of the party, to purge and rebuild it.
First it was George Fernandes who said it. Then, Yashwant Sinha and Jaswant Singh, who were also present in the CCS meeting along with LK Advani in which it was decided that Jaswant Singh would go to Kandahar, also said Advani knew. Now the then NSA Brijesh Mishra has also said it.
The Congress says Advani conned the country. Really, can anyone forget such an important decision made under such trying circumstances?
This is not all. Karan Thapar says that Advani had given his
OK for the Nuclear Deal to the PM in person, but later backed out, manifestly to bring the government down and become PM in 2008. Remember those
wads of notes in Parliament?It is too late to quit with grace, but quit Advani must. For the sake of not just the BJP but the whole country.
Jinnah worshipper Jaswant has gone ballistic and the Congress quiet, the former in anger, the latter in 'gratitude'. Everyone has forgotten that Jaswant whipped Nehru; without that Jinnah couldn't have come out trumps. But, instead of the Congress criticising "Jassa" for criticising Nehru, the BJP is criticising him for criticising Patel.
Since the party has expelled him and Modi has banned his book, family war has broken out, Congress watching in glee, Nehru out of picture, book forgotten – higher sales than gas masks notwithstanding!
Advani's
Kandahar lie has been exposed, his association with the cash-for-vote drama in Parliament highlighted, Vajpayee's anguish over Gujarat 2002 revealed, and the BJP called
narrow minded, limited and nervous. And Jaswant is not done yet.
The Congress doesn't need to do anything to win an election; the BJP will do enough to lose it!
